Carlos Cruz-Montecinos, Rodrigo Torres Castro, Matías Otto-Yáñez, Marisol Barros-Poblete, Carola Valencia, Alex Campos, Leticia Jadue, Marcela Barros, Lilian Solis-Navarro, Vanessa Resqueti
The Sit-to-Stand (STS) test provides insight into age-related functional capacity; however, there are various variants of STS, and we do not know which of these better discriminates against age-related functional capacity. Our study aimed to compare the age-related functional capacity in older people by evaluating STS power variants, using young individuals as a reference. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 102 adults (57 women) aged 60-80 and 105 adults (54 women) aged 20-30. Participants performed five times STS (5-STS), 30-seconds STS (30s-STS), and 1-minute STS (1min-STS)...
April 1, 2024: American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation